Cultural & Academic Films

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”

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Note : Interview is in Japanese. Part 3 is in Japanese and English. Part 4 ends abruptly. Transcript available at Sacramento State University, Sacramento University Library. Description : Issei female, was born on June 30, 1897. She was a Yobiyose ("one who is called") at age twenty, having been called to America by her parents who were already here several years. She married in 1918 in the Sacramento area where she and her husband farmed for thirty-three years prior to WWII. In 1942... Topic: californialightandsound Source: 2 Tapes of 2: 1/8 inch audio cassette

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Note : Interview is in Japanese. Part 3 ends abruptly. Transcript available at California State University, Sacramento University Library. Description : Issei male, born on May 5, 1897 and immigrated to America at the age of fifteen as a Yobiyose ("one who is called"). His parents were already in the United States and sent for him. They owned a Sacramento boarding house, the Sandaikan, whose residents were single men, married couples, young families. Kazuo worked at a cannery,... Topic: californiarevealed Source: 2 Tapes of 2: 1/8 inch audio cassette

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”